Have you ever heard that line? Better yet, have you ever used it yourself? Oh, you know... You're speaking with somebody and during the conversation, the discussion takes a weird turn and the other person says something like, "You know,…
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Yesterday afternoon, I had an opportunity to travel to Evansville, IN to visit a new client that I am working with. In the more than 30 years that I have lived in Indiana, I have never been to Evansville or…
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Three score years ago this evening, I was born in a Chicago hospital, the first child of Bruce and Louise Toussaint, who had been married almost 5 years earlier on the south side of Chicago in Trinity Methodist Church, the…
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Last week, as almost everyone in the world knows, the Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship that became stranded at sea during a voyage to the Caribbean, finally arrived in port at Mobile, AL on Thursday evening. With almost four thousand people…
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I was watching the news this week and saw a feature piece on a new radical obsession with outward demonstrations of love between partners - especially teens and young adults. It seems that people are purchasing ordinary locks - small…
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Although I get asked many questions about theology and the Bible, one of the more frequent ones revolves about why it is important to attend church. After all, people profess a belief in Jesus and that's enough, isn't it? John…
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February 10th marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year - ushering in the Year of the Snake. The notice caught my attention because I was born in 1953, another Year of the Snake on the Chinese calendar. I don't…
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Janet and I attend a church near our home that we have supported for about fifteen years now. It is what is commonly referred to as a mega-church - meaning that it has a very large congregation and somewhere between…
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